Dad Becomes Viral Instagram Star After Asking Daughter What ‘Influencers’ Are

In a tweet to her followers, she said her construction worker father once asked her to explain what exactly an "influencer" is.

After filling him in on the world of Instagram and the people who dominate it, her dad Omar simply responded, "Pshh, I could do that."

Yeah, as if it's so easy...or wait, is it?

Not so bad for a guy who only literally just started his account, but it turns out this was only the beginning of Omar's climb to fame.

After his daughter tweeted about his Instagram account, @justaconstructionguy, he soon got that viral "influencer" status he once said he could achieve.

So he's definitely got the followers. But what exactly is he posting to interest so many people?

Well, since he works in construction, and he spends most of his time on construction sites, what better content to post than tongue-in-cheek snaps of his life as a tradesman?

You have to admit, the photo quality here is pretty great, and he's perfectly centered in the photo, perfectly posed, and perfectly uncaring as his picture is snapped. That's all an "influencer" really needs to be.

You're lying if you haven't seen at least a million of these types of photos on your own Instagram feed. Usually it's a couple doing this sort of "where you go I go"-type of post, but two construction dudes works, too.

Even while sipping the cutest little cup of coffee, Omar still recognized a photo opportunity when he saw one and made sure to pop that pinky nice and high for his followers. This photo almost has 30,000 likes and he earned every single one of those with that pose.

I mean, look at that still-shot. The perfect angle of the splash, still on an upward slope, not quite yet cascading down to the ground yet. Look at the contrast between the mocha color of the coffee and the mint-green wood behind his thermos. Perfection.

Snapped in mid-laugh, Omar captioned this one, "The boys were giving me crap cause I'm a model/influencer now." I'm sure they shut right up after they saw how photogenic their co-worker is when he managed to snag the perfect pose in a candid. I know I would have.

There are the ones who say they wish he was their own dad, simply because he's just so cool. Then there are the ones who say he's the only influencer they've ever felt the need to follow on Instagram before. That one I relate to 100 percent.

Because of course there will always be people out there who have to turn everything sexual. These are the people who flock to the comments to make their...personal feelings towards Omar known. I'm not going to explain that one too much, but I will leave one user's comment here as an example:

"Today dad learned about thirst traps."

Oof. And that's enough internet for me today, thanks.